View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
tweeky
Joined: 19 Sep 2004 Posts: 256
|
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 4:04 am Post subject: |
|
|
Sunny & Steady if I'm hitting the water... Dark & Stormy if for some unfortunate reason I find myself a spectator. Will never forget the scene at Swell City early last season with the wind raging and the HUGE swell due to extra spring run-off.... we watched a few brave souls out there with total respect. Of course, as Isobar's has warned in the past, the rain started and the wind was gone in less than 15 minutes! Amazed everyone made it back... maybe they didn't.... |
|
Back to top |
|
|
jingebritsen
Joined: 21 Aug 2002 Posts: 3371
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
outcast
Joined: 04 May 2004 Posts: 2724
|
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:37 am Post subject: |
|
|
Sunny Steady midday, and Dark and Stormy for the late afternoon adrenaline surge.
(I don't do Dark and Stormy mornings very well, and would prefer to sit in van, drink coffee and point out that whoever is on the water is clearly a kook) _________________ https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=zw0MgkO7VXw |
|
Back to top |
|
|
outcast
Joined: 04 May 2004 Posts: 2724
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Number-nine
Joined: 09 Aug 1989 Posts: 496 Location: cape cod
|
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:41 am Post subject: |
|
|
I really like dark and stormy
Some of the most memorable sessions |
|
Back to top |
|
|
U2U2U2
Joined: 06 Jul 2001 Posts: 5467 Location: Shipsterns Bluff, Tasmania. Colorado
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Wind-NC.com
Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 980 Location: Formerly Cape Hatteras, now Burlington, VT!
|
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 1:01 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I think some of the storm sailing folks have touched upon why I like those sessions so much- the suspense of variable conditions (both leading up to the event, and during the event), the challenge of being in the right place at the right time, and the satisfaction of having experienced mother nature at her "worst" after you make it back to shore. They're definitely memorable days, as evidenced by Ron.C pulling out a specific date from over 7 years ago!!
Of course, I don't really mind when it blows SW every Spring and Summer afternoon, either... But truth be told, those hundreds of similar, glorious days all tend to fade into one in the ol' memory banks...
Oh, and one more personal question for the rum lovers- Do you stir before consumption, or do you enjoy it... Pirate Style... with rum still on top?? _________________ formerly known as hodad.andy
http://wind-nc.com |
|
Back to top |
|
|
ReefWarriors
Joined: 20 Jan 2012 Posts: 11 Location: Sherkston, Lake Erie
|
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:33 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Rum Straight up! (good rum) Why ruin the best thing ever with some mix?
Love Stormy days, The ultimate rush! _________________ Casey
http://reefwarriors.wordpress.com/ |
|
Back to top |
|
|
mrgybe
Joined: 01 Jul 2008 Posts: 5181
|
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:16 am Post subject: |
|
|
Go to Bermuda.......have a Dark and Stormy and you'll change your mind about mix! Have three or four and you'll change your mind about many things!! Stir the ginger beer and rum vigorously to get some foam, time the shorebreak, then go in strong! |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Arrgh
Joined: 05 May 1998 Posts: 864 Location: Rio
|
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 5:20 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Sun is fun! Rum gives me a headache. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You can attach files in this forum You can download files in this forum
|
|
|